Hair re-elected county chairman
It was a historic evening for Chatham County Republicans Tuesday: not only did Billy Hair become the first county chairman to be re-elected but the party gained a majority on the commission with the westside win of Dean Kicklighter.

Kicklighter 'pumped' by victory
Tuesday, Dean Kicklighter did what no County Commission candidate in west Chatham has been able to do in 20 years -- unseat a DeLoach.

Warning signs going up
Gun crime may buy federal time. You won't be able to escape that warning if you drive around Savannah.

Wanted: special educators
You can't pick Denise Klesick's students out in a crowd - they look like the general student population at Windsor Forest High School. But the physical maturity of her mildly disabled students doesn't match their academic development.

Good for what ails you
While I was having a ham sandwich at home recently, our four Russian wolfhounds got wind of it and happily offered to take it off my hands.

Precincts
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. For more information, call the Voter Registrar's Office at 652-7440.

Author to discuss helping kids read
It started out as a little pamphlet.
Now a book, "Reading Success for Children - What Every Parent Should Know" is making its way into libraries and elementary schools, including those in Chatham County.

Why you should vote
Because, as E.B. White said, "Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time."

Teacher crimes not handled equally, report says
Some school superintendents choose not to report criminal convictions and arrests of teachers to the state's licensing commission and instead handle the situations on a case-by-case basis, according to a recent audit.

Eye on Bryan and Liberty counties
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall, a 252-foot long replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be on display 24 hours a day today on Trent Field.

Effingham County events
Rincon City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in City Hall on Seventeenth Street. For details, call 826-5745.

Search for new fire chief will be speedy
After more than three years on the job, Chief Carl Plaugher said Monday he has decided to leave Savannah and head Florida's fourth largest fire department. His last day will be Dec. 8.

Election trivia and quotes
The downtown eatery Good Eats will give you a free cup of homemade soup and a spicy biscuit if you go to the restaurant at 202 Abercorn St. between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. with your "I'm a Georgia Voter" sticker.

It's Stephens-Day in a landslide
Julia Hart couldn't make up her mind on the Stephens-Day referendum, so she flipped a coin. Heads, she would vote yes on the most radical reform to Chatham County's tax structure in almost a century. Tails, no.

Miller wins battle for Coverdell's seat
Zell Miller, one of Georgia's most enduring politicians, proved his drawing power at the polls again on Tuesday, defeating six challengers for the right to serve the remaining four years of the late Sen. Paul Coverdell's term.

Vox Populi, the voice of the people
"It is not the people hired to pick up the litter who are to blame. It is the human pigs who throw it there, and those in the state government who who will not enact a bottle and can deposit bill who should share the blame?"

Earlybirds flood polls
Voters were anxious to get to the polls Tuesday, especially at one downtown precinct. One early riser walked into the Massie Heritage School 6:30 a.m., 30 minutes before the poll opened.

Editorial: To protect and to save
Savannah police officers receive CPR certification during their academy training. So should military police. Better yet, why not include a CPR class in all uniformed military personnel's basic training?

Letters to the editor
My wife and I went to hear Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams on Oct. 12 at the Savannah Civic Center. I am chronically and, according to a few doctors, terminally ill with a serious illness, complete with much pain and fatigue. I got out of bed specifically to hear Dr. Adams.

Editorial: Be safe, not sorry
METHANE IS serious business. If you have any doubts, just ask the 32 families who were forced to abandon their homes in the former Weatherwood subdivision and relocate after methane gas leaks were discovered there in 1991.

Letters to the editor
The traditional headgear of the Ranger is the black beret. This beret, as part of our uniform, distinguished us in public and to the rest of the military community as elite soldiers.

Editorial: Make way for E-Day
GENTLEMEN, START your ballot boxes. Today, the only poll that really matters gets fired up as voters across the country participate in the ultimate democratic act.

Furcal wins NL Rookie of the Year
From the moment Greg Maddux watched Rafael Furcal turn a double play during a spring training game, the Atlanta Braves knew they had a special player in the Dominican teen-ager.

On the defensive
There was a time when its defense rarely registered a blip on the overall radar screen of Georgia Southern football.

Three's company at Country Day
If there was ever a case of a team peaking at the right time, it had to be the Savannah Country Day Lady Hornets volleyball team.

GSU basketball now has a Peterson
The name Peterson gets its fair share of football attention at Georgia Southern. Now Sean Peterson is out to make the name equally synonymous with basketball.

Chemistry key to Tech's four-game win streak
The Roderick Middleton incident in preseason practice didn't seem noteworthy at the time. But, looking back now, it serves as a demonstration of Georgia Tech's development as a football program.